“As you know, today the Quebec government introduced legislation on the neutrality of provincial institutions, which would require persons giving or receiving government services to have their faces uncovered,” Minister of Multiculturalism Tim Uppal said on Wednesday morning. “We broadly support Quebec’s legislation regarding the uncovering of faces for giving and receiving public services.”

Uppal continued, “Our government will be moving forward in the coming days with legislation with respect to face coverings at citizenship ceremonies, and we will consider whether other measures may be necessary.”

When asked whether he expected the bill to draw controversy, the minister brushed off the suggestion and expressed confidence that the government’s effort will have wide public support.

On this very sad morning as we try to absorb the brutal ‘disappearing’ of Evan Solomon, we get this duo at a presser.
It has to be said, as a keen political observer, Uppal was not known as a Minister! Has he ever spoken before?
Yes he’s known as an MP but a Minister? WHO KNEW????
And this lazy cheap effort to resurrect the niqab issue is an insult to all of us.
Meanwhile, we have Mulcair in high gear as he tries, twisting in the wind, to sell the Senate abolition slogans.
Couilliard has been very lucid and passionate about Quebec’s position ….and the press and CBC continue to
ignore him as Premier….but, no, Mulcair sites that pillar of admiration Brad Wall as his ally! And he insists that
most Canadians want this as a major issue!!!!
Brad Wall and Tom Mulcair are now eagerly planning to reopen the constitution and waste our precious energies on this.
Who else is finding this all a bit much???
And who is going to hold these people to full account???
Are we going to idly sit back and allow our voices and those of reason to be silenced by this damned government.

I realize the Conservatives trotted out Tim Uppal because most Canadians don’t know the difference between a Sikh and a Muslim. But I have to wonder how enthusiastic he’d be if this idiotic bill also sought to ban the dastar.

I have often wondered when he is going to get sick of being the “ethnic” representative for the Cons. But he seems to be happily playing along with the discriminatory actions and rhetoric about Muslims.